Remains of the J

Season 2, Episode 20, Aired
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Jenny's kinda-not-sweet sixteen! Serena throws Jenny a small birthday party for her sweet sixteenth, but things get out of control when Poppy Lifton turns the birthday into a huge social event. Vanessa, in a moment of desperation, agrees to help Chuck with a scheme having to do with Blair and Nate. Meanwhile, Rufus tries to figure out how to cover Dan's Yale tuition, when he learns that Dan will not receive financial aid.moreless
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    By Canogaparkcindy, Apr 21, 2011 Report Abuse
    When Serena said her life was in a rut, it really made us realize how much this show is in a rut. Constantly switching partners, repeating the same story lines and relationships. Gossip Girl may have returned too form these past 2 weeks, but this episode was just a total regression in quality.

    I really couldn't understand Jenny's reasoning at all, and 2 seasons in, and I still can't stand her character. It seems like she hasn't grown up at all, regardless of her age. She's still immature and definitely annoying.

    Serena is also starting to bug me. So your life is in a rut? What do you do? Leave your family and friends and go to Spain without telling them. Horrible decision on her part, and Poppy isn't doing the show any favors. The two pairings put on the fore front here just don't make any sense, and it seems like the writers are just drawing at straws here.moreless

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  • Swing your partner, do si do

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    By Gossipmoi, May 04, 2010 Report Abuse
    This is ridiculous. I can't even feel anything for any of the couples anymore because they don't stop switching. One week they are in love, then boom nothing, then oh I love you again. What the heck!!?? Blair loves chuck, now he wants Elle, oops no Blair again, but he's going to screw Vanessa. Don't get me started on Nate and his womanizing ways and what he did to poor Vanessa. The whole thing was convoluted and way too much in one episode. Seriously if you make every character hook up with every character, no one will be left. The show won't last much longer at this rate and it's not even remotely believable anymore. The last 3 episodes have been subpar at best. One good thing wow do Chuck and Vanessa have chemistry. That was hot lol.moreless

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    By iewuxis, Apr 15, 2009 Report Abuse
    Hmm, I'm impressed with scoring, cause it's kinda high, but at same time I'm shocked cause it wasn't such a good episode. In past few weeks there were some really good ones that didn't score that high.
    So... I liked only one thing. lol. and the thing that I liked is - they're trying to return on the good old Gossip Girl path, though they do not succeed yet, but I can still feel the effort and that's good. This is why I put 8, not 6.
    In this episode there were a lot of things that pissed me off. So I'm gonna start with writers work. Why the hell they need to put on the show all the off-screen couples. OK, I understand that they can't do anything with Serena and Dan, but why they needed to include Chuck and Vanessa's hook up on Gossip Girl. I was pretty mad when in the previous episode they made Blair and Carter together. But this..... Did they face with lack of actors to introduce in GG?? Although that Chuck-Vanessa storyline was in GG style. Next couple - Blair-Nate, it's the dumbest idea ever, nevertheless they look adorable together. Why I don't like they're being together is because of Blair, she's becoming so corny and looks like a character from old movies - naive, beautiful and kinda smart, but it's not the Blair we love. It's kinda ok, but it was too much in this episode. And that Brangelina-Aniston triangle was really stupid thing to mention. Her naiveness reminded me a movie, which title I still can't remember.
    That party for J, was totally terrible and this storyline was complicated because: 1) lil J and no party don't match each other; 2) Serena, since when she's thinking about her socialist role?? it was mentioned only twice during all two season; 3) still can't understand the dumbness of Chuck - why he's chasing Blair only when he has obviously lost her???
    These and many more dumb questions about dumb storylines.
    Don't hate me I'm just writing my weekly review about GG, besides these weekly reviews becoming in monthly reviews because of these silly hiatus.
    Hola Espana?! Adios Serena!moreless

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  • Jenny rocks this episode...

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    By happydays24, Apr 04, 2009 Report Abuse
    I just want to kick the directors in the bums. Do they know what fans want or are they just to ignorent. But hopefullly the know what people want. Okay bottum line The reamins of J (Jenny). I thought for an episode that suppose to be about Jenny you didn't see as much of her as you should have. But I thought the parts she was in were really good. When she said "I refuse to be a park avenue princess" I thought that was a really good part.

    Now to the hole Blair+Chuck, Chuck+Vanessa, Vanessa+Nate and Nate+Blair thing really annoys me. I absolutly hate it when people on shows get together just to get revenge at other characters. Grrrr... But sources say that in the episode Seder anything okay get ready...

    A new supposed reformed Gorgina Sparks returns to the upper East side. Also Cyrus Rose returns.

    Serena hooks up with someone in Spain I think.

    Blair and Chuck try to show Serena what an ass her new Beau is.Blair and Chuck are starting to bond and Nate tries to compete with Chuck by asking Blair to move in with him. Which causes tension between Chuck and Nate and causes a game "Who will win the Waldorf" with unexpected results.

    Also sources say that in the end of the season or beggining of season 3 Blair and chuck get together when chuck in episode 24 of season2 says to Blair "I love you" awwww. Also that Vanessa gets a puppy dog:)moreless

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  • omfg chuck and vanessa!!

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    By OTH_15, Apr 01, 2009 Report Abuse
    ahhh ok im a huuuge chuck and blair fan but im loving chuck and vanessa..those 2 got some sizzling chemistry its probably because their actually datin in real life..dont like/care about nate and blair thier boring and will obviusly break up soon..i like seeing dan and serena as friends today..i think they should be friends for a while the whole couple think is too much. i didnt really liked how jenny acted in this epi..very ungratful well she did have her reasons i guess. and wats up with scott? i guess hes not dead after all..im looking forward to see where this storyline goesmoreless

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    • Jenny: Dad, I don't smell coffee. Dan: Yeah, and the waffle iron's cold. Rufus: Lily's having us over for breakfast. She wants to talk to us about something. Dan: Ominous. Jenny: Or delicious. Do you know how many different types of jam they have? Rufus: Let's go, we're gonna be late. Jenny: It's a LOT!
    • Poppy: A girl like you should be on the arm of a designer at the costume ball one day and yachting around the Maldives the next. Not making up and breaking up with the same high school boy and feuding with your frenemy. Serena: I know. Look, what can I do? Poppy: Well.. this party would be a good place to start. Serena: Yeah, I thought that, but Jenny is just really set on something more simple. Poppy: Any sixteen year old girl would love that kind of party that you should be throwing - adult, elegant, the right notables in attendance. And you saw the way that she looked at that dress, she loves it. She wants a party like this, she just needs someone to hold her hand a little.
    • Gossip Girl: Mistakes.. We all make them. They usually start with the best of intentions. Like keeping a secret to protect someone.. or getting some distance from the person you've become. Sometimes we don't even know what mistakes we've made to get us where we are.. or we figure it out just in time to make it right again. But every mistake happens for a reason - to teach you a lesson you would otherwise never learn. And hopefully you'll never make that mistake again. Lucky for me, that never happens.

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    • Gossip Girl: Mornings are simply more fun on the Upper East Side. Our favorite things to wake up to? The sun in the sky, the Nikkei on the rise, and a wake-up call from your latest lover... Or your best friend. Nikkei is Japanese media enterprise known and respected all around the world. It affects the creation of new value in the economy, quality of life and culture. It has newspapers in Japanese and in English.
    • Episode title: Remains of the J The Remains of the Day is a novel by by Japanese-British author Kazuo Ishiguro and movie directed by James Ivory and starring Anthony Hopkins and Emma Thompson. The Remains of the Day ranks in the Sunday Times list of 100 greatest novels. It's a story about a butler, who decides to sacrifice his life to the loyal service of Lord Darlington.

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